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Tapa Cloth

Tongan, 1933-1966

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Tongan

Tapa Cloth

Tongan, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Bark, pigments, 172 7/16 x 76 in. (438 x 193 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of the Wittmann Family Trust, from the Collection of Robert M. Pierpont
Object Number 1999.505
4 strips with designs including wreaths, stars, leaves within triangles, and inscriptions (see below).
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1999; The Wittman Family Trust, from the collection of Robert M. Pierpont.
Veys, Fanny Wonu. Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth: Encounters, Creativity and Female Agency. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

Herda, Phyllis S. "The changing texture of textiles in Tonga." The Journal of the Polynesian Society 108, no. 2 (1999): 149-167.

Inscribed: Inscriptions: 'TUIEUAPULEPULE' in each of 2 strips; 'KOESISIOALIPATE' in each of 2 strips. '38' at end of 1 strip.

Culture

Tongan

2000–2000

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